Covent Garden
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Pros
- All of them are busy, but from a personal perspective, Covent Garden is probably the nicest as you’ve got a big pedestrianised area with bars and restaurants, and some shops
- from a personal perspective, Covent Garden is probably the nicest as you’ve got a big pedestrianised area with bars and restaurants, and some shops
- covent garden at night is a must
- I’d definitely do Covent Garden and Regent & Carnaby Streets, but treat them as one evening wander rather than separate attractions.
- Covent Garden, a little more touristy, and a little less local but they do it up really nice and there's lots of buskers etc.
Cons
- Both of these areas are potentially very noisy if you get the wrong room/wrong side of the street.
- Covent Garden is essentially the tourist centre of London. The pubs/cafes/restaurants there are essentially built around tourists and people going to the theatre. Not to say that there aren’t good pubs and restaurants there because there...
- Central London is beautiful, but it can feel a bit crowded to my liking.
- Soho and Covent Garden did not sound like my cup of tea, for instance
Sentiment
14 positive (78%) · 2 mixed (11%) · 2 negative (11%)
Trust + time weighted score: +66% · raw score 67%
What redditors said (10 of 18)
All of them are busy, but from a personal perspective, Covent Garden is probably the nicest as you’ve got a big pedestrianised area with bars and restaurants, and some shops
from a personal perspective, Covent Garden is probably the nicest as you’ve got a big pedestrianised area with bars and restaurants, and some shops
Both of these areas are potentially very noisy if you get the wrong room/wrong side of the street.
covent garden at night is a must
I’d definitely do Covent Garden and Regent & Carnaby Streets, but treat them as one evening wander rather than separate attractions.
Covent Garden, a little more touristy, and a little less local but they do it up really nice and there's lots of buskers etc.
Carnaby Street and Covent Garden are fun. Not what they were in the past but still worth a visit.
Covent Garden is essentially the tourist centre of London. The pubs/cafes/restaurants there are essentially built around tourists and people going to the theatre. Not to say that there aren’t good pubs and restaurants there because there are.
Do go to Covent Garden, it’s pretty at Christmas. There’s free street theatre.
get a cosy pub dinner in Covent Garden. ... Covent Garden. Christmas lights will be up, close to Regent's street and also places like southbank, Somerset House for ice skating , lots of shops and Theatres etc
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